Small Steps For Long-term Home Staging business Success
Whether we create them intentionally or unintentionally, habits can make or break our home staging business success. And the small habits are the ones likely to lead us to our biggest long-term success or our biggest long-term failure on our path to fulfill our goals.
This should be such good news to you!
We don't need to tackle big, scary things in order to succeed. Well, we do, but those big scary things can start with small things! We need to master small things over and over and over again to lead us to the big things.
So if I had to start all over, what are the habits I would make sure not to skip? They are things I teach in-depth about in RethinkYou which is opening for enrollment in early 2022. But here's a quick overview of 5 that I think are really important…
Master these 5 Habits for Home Staging Business Success
1. Get Out and Meet People
I was incredibly lucky in the beginning of my business journey that I learned the power of meeting people. I joined a networking group that met weekly and had a strict attendance policy. It probably sounds annoying, but for a new business owner, this was the best thing ever. It got me out of my house in those early days and I learned how to talk about my business. Because I had to every week. This one thing made all other networking so much easier.
And you shouldn't stop meeting people no matter how long you've been in business! This means in-person and online too. You and your company always want to stay actively engaged letting people know you can help them!
2. Create Systems + Processes
One of our goals in any business is to learn how to do things and then delegate them. Delegation is what allows us to grow our businesses and free our time. Delegation could even include sales calls, staging consultations, writing up client agreements, etc. In order to delegate, though, you want to get in the habit of creating your step-by-step way of doing things.
Once you have found a process that works for you, write it down. You can put your systems in a Google doc or a project management software. I recommend using a project management software like Asana. This way, when you have a team, you can actually “see” the steps getting accomplished. I talk more about business systems here: 3 Powerful Systems To Grow Your Staging Business.
I dive really deep into Systems inside of the RethinkYou Mentorship Program so get on the waitlist if this is something you want to learn more about!
3. Define Your Weekly Calendar
I learned this a little late in the game because I wasn't really sure what I should be doing in the beginning of my business. If I were to go back in time I would create a schedule for days to work on my business and days to work with clients. Even when you have a team, there are likely appointments you will still be taking for a while so it is super important for you to have days that you aren't available for client work.
I'd take it even one step further.
I'd decide what specific activities I was doing on the days when I worked on the business. Typically these will be marketing, outreach, networking, etc. and I would make a habit out of those activities. The reason this blog gets written is because it's on my calendar. I have a date on my calendar to create all of the topics for the next 8 weeks. Those get put onto my calendar each Monday. So when I sit down on a Monday, I know exactly what I'm writing about.
4. Write Out Your Weekly 3
Your weekly what? Simple. Your Weekly 3 are the three things you need to move your business forward. I spend time on Monday mornings thinking about this list. These could be anything from reaching out to a new prospective client, spending time documenting a solid Standard Operating Procedure, or creating your keep-in-touch content. By choosing just three things for your brain to work on, you will accomplish so much more. Our brains like simplicity and ease so use that to your advantage!
I like to put my Weekly 3 in my calendar and in my project management software, Asana. You could also journal it if you're a pen and paper kind of person. Many weeks, I have at least one repeating activity, like writing this blog. Pretty soon, those repeating activities will be on autopilot.
5. Practice Compassion
There are so many ways we can beat ourselves up for not being far enough along. Or for not having what someone else has. Or for not knowing what to do next. Brain science shows us that when we shame ourselves, we shut down our learning centers. Entrepreneurship is one of our best learning tools. We grow when we are receptive to learning, failing, and learning again. Be kind to yourself as you learn to put structure into the very amorphous world of growing a business.
If you need more support in creating strong habits in your business, come and join me inside RethinkYou!
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